Well, we have 3 days left in the PASSSQLRally Call for speakers and we are doing well. We have over 70 completed submissions, there may be more in a “saved” state, with a great mix of topics across the three main tracks of Development, DBA, and Business Intelligence. … Read more

There is only one week left to submit your abstract for the PASS SQLRally. This is a great opportunity for you to take your career to the next level! You've likely spoken at user groups, SQLSaturday's, and Code Camps to groups of 20 to 50, but now you get…

Ever feel worn out and/or burned out? Don’t worry you aren’t alone. As a matter of fact most people have this happen to them and I have it happening right now. I even started a this thread on SQLServerCentral to get some advice about it. This is why my blogging… Read more

Since it is the week of Thanksgiving in the United States, Jason Strate (@strateSql) has requested that bloggers post what they are thankful for, along the lines of Adam Machanic’s (@AdamMachanic) T-SQL Tuesday and now Jen McCown’s (@midnightDBA) UnSQL Friday. So this is my entry.

Call for Speakers

With the close of the PASS Summit today, the call for speakers for PASS SQLRally has opened! so those of you who submitted to the Summit and didn’t quite make it, break out your abstracts and send them in!! We will be taking submissions through December 15th. … Read more

As most of you know, I am not attending the PASS Summit this year. I had all my plans made, airline tickets, hotel, and a schedule laid out for the week. Then during lunch on Friday my son’s school called to let us know that he had injured his arm… Read more

If you read this blog you probably already know about the PASSSQLRally and that we are doing things a little bit differently for this event. The first thing that we have done is let YOU decide what we offer for the 4 pre-conference (pre-con) seminars. We had a… Read more

SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando was this past weekend (October 16th, 2010). As one of the event organizers the entire week was a busy week. The week started with sending out final instructions to Sponsors (I was the event lead in charge of sponsors) and finishing up the event guides. New…Read more

Well, the event is closing in fast, less than 2 weeks away! We have over 300 registered, a great schedule, and great sponsors. SWAG is coming in from all directions as well. I have to admit I was a bit worried about giveaways, but books, magazines, and posters… Read more

I had the good fortune of being able to travel to Denver for SQLSaturday #52 the weekend of September 25, 2010. I was able to go because my wife, Alice, had connected with Steve Jones’ wife, Tia, because of their mutual interest in horses. So Alice was able to… Read more

This morning we made some changes to the database. We realized that as part of a re-factor we needed to move 2 columns from table A to table B. We made the changes and immediately a lot of unit tests began failing. As we worked on it we found out… Read more